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Oregon
History
Project A project of
the Oregon
Historical Society

Media Collections
World War II 1

Media Collection: World War II 1

Courtesy of Tillamook County Pioneer Museum

Courtesy of Tillamook County Pioneer Museum

Courtesy National Archives, 40-0655a

Courtesy National Archives, ARC299678

SwanIslandIndustrialCenterWillametteRiverP200

SwanIslandIndustrialCenterWillametteRiverP200

The child care center was built on a thin piece of land linking Swan Island to the eastern shore of the Willamette River. The distinctive "spokes" of the classrooms are apparent in this aerial photograph. Parents could drop their children off at the center before joining the check-in line at the shipyards, and pick them back up on their way back to the wartime housing developments nearby.

The child care center was built on a thin piece of land linking Swan Island to the eastern shore of the Willamette River. The distinctive "spokes" of the classrooms are apparent in this aerial photograph. Parents could drop their children off at the center before joining the check-in line at the shipyards, and pick them back up on their way back to the wartime housing developments nearby. Org lot 366, folder 1

Oregon Shipbuilding Coll., org lot 686, album 637

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib.